When I wrote the post Why Transports Matter back in September I openly wondered if it was possible to write XMPP transports using libpurple. Sure enough, looking at pidgin’s Soc ideas page they have the same idea right there.
I’m not saying I had anything to do with it, I have never spoken with the devs or submitted the idea, I just think it’s neat that someone else out there was thinking on the same wave length as myself 
Tags: gsoc, Jabber, libpurple, transports, XMPP